By:
UK Space Agency and Chris Skidmore MP
April 29,2019
New health technologies inspired by working in space will provide real-time diagnosis of bowel cancer and freedom from air pollution.
The projects are being funded with a share of £5m from the UK Space Agency to mark the 70th birthday of the NHS.
Science Minister Chris Skidmore said:
It’s incredible that artificial intelligence technology that was first developed decades ago and is being used to examine distant planets, will now help detect some of the hardest to treat cancers at their earliest stages.
With bowel cancer the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths, this kind of innovation will be crucial in helping the NHS prevent more than 20,000 cancer-related deaths a year by 2033 – a key aim of our modern Industrial Strategy.”